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Published on: March 12, 2012
RNA interference-mediated growth control of the southern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Yohei Matsunaga1, Kayo Kawano, Takashi Iwasaki
1Department of Bioresources Science, The United Graduated School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|February 9, 2012
Abstract:
The Southern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita causes huge crop losses. We investigated the effects of RNA interference directed against the M. incognita posterior segregation-1 gene. The RNAi resulted in a drastic reduction in the relative amount of pos-1 transcript. Also, it reduced reproductive potential in terms of hatching rate from eggs, probably due to embryonic lethality.
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